MIT engineers have created 3D-printed, interlocking recycled glass bricks that could revolutionize sustainable construction.

The team points to glass’ optical properties and its “infinite recyclability” as reasons for turning to the material.

Could buildings one day be made from materials that are as easy to take apart as LEGO bricks? A team of engineers at MIT believes so, and they are developing a new kind of reconfigurable masonry made from 3D-printed,

The 3D-printed glass bricks, each shaped like a figure eight, are designed to interlock similar to LEGO bricks. In mechanical tests, these innovative glass bricks demonstrated strength comparable to that of traditional concrete blocks.

These bricks are designed to interlock seamlessly, similar to LEGO pieces, making them versatile and easy to assemble.

Using a 3D printer that works with molten glass, researchers forged LEGO-like glass bricks with a strength comparable to concrete. The bricks could have a role in circular construction in which materials are used over and over again.

In the latest move towards more sustainable construction, engineers at MIT have come up with an ingenious way of producing 3D-printed, reusable bricks – but the material they’ve chosen might just surprise you.

What if construction materials could be put together and taken apart as easily as LEGO bricks? Such reconfigurable masonry would be disassembled at the end of a building’s lifetime and reassembl